Just found a six legged spider...

Kristyn921 · 10-21-2004, 07:43 PM

Daddy Long Legs spider, crawling down the wall, caught my eye because it wasn't quite as graceful as your average spider...walking kinda lopsided...so I trapped it for a closer look, and it only had 6 legs.

Got a closer look, and it's front left and back right legs were ripped right from his body...that explained the awkward gait...I was gonna squish him but I figured he deserved to live since he'd obviously already had a life or death battle today.

At the time, it seemed the humanitarian thing to do; Mr. Spider had already beaten the odds, who was I to piss in his cheerios, so to speak.

In retrospect...I'm thinking that I'm kind of crazy.

Thoughts?

trollchief · 10-21-2004, 07:50 PM

I was always told that Daddy Long Leg spiders were good to have around. They are supposed to be natural predetors of other nsaty spiders.

Not sure about the truth to that, so I squish 'em just like the other ones. I do not like bugs in my house.

XxNiTrOuSxX · 10-21-2004, 08:00 PM

if it has more than 4 legs i kill it

Benno123 · 10-21-2004, 08:02 PM

Quote from autobahn14 :

if it has more than 4 legs i kill it

that's how he started

XxNiTrOuSxX · 10-21-2004, 08:03 PM

arjunsr · 10-21-2004, 08:06 PM

Quote from Kristyn921 :

Daddy Long Legs spider, crawling down the wall, caught my eye because it wasn't quite as graceful as your average spider...walking kinda lopsided...so I trapped it for a closer look, and it only had 6 legs.

Got a closer look, and it's front left and back right legs were ripped right from his body...that explained the awkward gait...I was gonna squish him but I figured he deserved to live since he'd obviously already had a life or death battle today.

At the time, it seemed the humanitarian thing to do; Mr. Spider had already beaten the odds, who was I to piss in his cheerios, so to speak.

In retrospect...I'm thinking that I'm kind of crazy.

Thoughts?

as long as they don't bite (insects that is) i let them go.

**Geeke19** · 10-21-2004, 08:10 PM

Daddy-long-leg spider are many times confused with "Daddy-long-legs" which are Opiliones (Harvestmen).
Harvestmen are arachnids (8-legged arthropods) but NOT spiders. Spiders have two body parts (fused head-thorax and abdomen), two fangs, and produce silk. Harvestmen do not produce silk, have no fangs, and have one body part, not two as in spiders, nor three as in insects. Spiders have waist, Harvestmen do not. For more info on Harvestmen

more info below
http://www.arachnology.org/Arachn...iones.html

SomethingsRight · 10-21-2004, 08:13 PM

I an't believe people would kill such a creature.

**The Foundation** · 10-21-2004, 08:14 PM

Quote from Kristyn921 :

In retrospect...I'm thinking that I'm kind of crazy.

Thoughts?

I would have to agree

Kristyn

Benno123 · 10-21-2004, 08:17 PM

trollchief · 10-21-2004, 08:19 PM

Quote from Benno123 :

Benno...the spray...the spray...

Goldfinger · 10-21-2004, 08:24 PM

...let it be. I always go after the jumpers and those really fuzzy ones. I have a small spider that hangs out by my window. Can never find it. it loves the insects that fly in, and I can see its web (as soon as I clean it ....up it goes again), so I have kind of given up unless it goes a little crazy and starts building a web quilt.

schadenfreude52 · 10-21-2004, 08:31 PM

i just trap them and put them outside...

another interesting fact: Daddy long-leg spiders are prolly some of the most venomous spiders (more so than black widows) but their teeth are so small that they ca't pierce human skin.

irons · 10-21-2004, 08:32 PM

what about the eye ball? or the throught?

thriftyguy · 10-21-2004, 08:53 PM

I hear six legged spiders are more tasty then the average eight legged kind................

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10-21-2004, 07:50 PM	#2
trollchief The War Chief Date Joined:Jul 2004 Location:Stranglethorn Vale Posts:188 Reputation: 10	I was always told that Daddy Long Leg spiders were good to have around. They are supposed to be natural predetors of other nsaty spiders. Not sure about the truth to that, so I squish 'em just like the other ones. I do not like bugs in my house.

10-21-2004, 08:00 PM	#3
XxNiTrOuSxX Temporarily Banned Date Joined:Jul 2004 Location:In your girl's bed. Posts:4,461 Reputation: 144	if it has more than 4 legs i kill it

10-21-2004, 08:03 PM	#5
XxNiTrOuSxX Temporarily Banned Date Joined:Jul 2004 Location:In your girl's bed. Posts:4,461 Reputation: 144

10-21-2004, 08:10 PM	#7
Geeke19 hi welcome to SDs! Date Joined:Jun 2004 Posts:16,121 Reputation: 1244	Daddy-long-leg spider are many times confused with "Daddy-long-legs" which are Opiliones (Harvestmen). Harvestmen are arachnids (8-legged arthropods) but NOT spiders. Spiders have two body parts (fused head-thorax and abdomen), two fangs, and produce silk. Harvestmen do not produce silk, have no fangs, and have one body part, not two as in spiders, nor three as in insects. Spiders have waist, Harvestmen do not. For more info on Harvestmen more info below http://www.arachnology.org/Arachn...iones.html

10-21-2004, 08:13 PM	#8
SomethingsRight SomethingsWrong Date Joined:Jul 2004 Location:In a box....down by the river. Posts:1,762	I an't believe people would kill such a creature.

10-21-2004, 08:17 PM	#10
Benno123 The Flying Dutchman Date Joined:Aug 2003 Location:Near Amsterdam Posts:7,500 Reputation: 38

10-21-2004, 08:24 PM	#12
Goldfinger L3: Novice Date Joined:Sep 2004 Posts:161 Reputation: 14	...let it be. I always go after the jumpers and those really fuzzy ones. I have a small spider that hangs out by my window. Can never find it. it loves the insects that fly in, and I can see its web (as soon as I clean it ....up it goes again), so I have kind of given up unless it goes a little crazy and starts building a web quilt.

10-21-2004, 08:31 PM	#13
schadenfreude52 MAVS!!! Date Joined:Jul 2004 Location:Dallas Posts:1,597 Reputation: 12	i just trap them and put them outside... another interesting fact: Daddy long-leg spiders are prolly some of the most venomous spiders (more so than black widows) but their teeth are so small that they ca't pierce human skin.

10-21-2004, 08:32 PM	#14
irons its all good Gen. 1:31 Date Joined:Feb 2004 Posts:3,734 Reputation: -9	what about the eye ball? or the throught?

10-21-2004, 08:53 PM	#15
thriftyguy Unemployed Law Grad, sigh Date Joined:Jan 2004 Location:Bay Area, CA Posts:2,673 Reputation: 74	I hear six legged spiders are more tasty then the average eight legged kind................